“As a nation, we began by declaring all men are created equal. We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.” 1/2 —Abraham Lincoln
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“When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty —to Russia, for instance.” 2/2 Lincoln
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Replying to @MarcACaputo
It's a great line. But Lincoln not only wrote it in a private letter, he wrote in other private correspondence that he hoped he'd never have to denounce the Know-Nothings publicly because he needed them for his coalition against slavery.
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